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Prominent subjects include: billboards; highway safety; surface transportation legislation; highway legislation; air traffic controllers; specific projects such as the Franklin County airport; airport and airline industry issues; the Randleman Lake dam; a North Carolina-London gateway; and airport radar. Organizations mentioned frequently include the U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT), the USDOT's National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, the North Carolina State DOT, the State of North Carolina, and Amtrak. Some documents were created as preparation for hearings, especially regarding various governmental organizations such as the FAA (Federal Aviation Administration). The files are unarranged.

North Carolina universities within Price's district, especially North Carolina State University and Duke University, are the most frequent correspondents. The National Weather Service is mentioned frequently as are the following topics: the space program; the superconducting supercollider program and its funding; and supercomputers. The committee with jurisdiction over Science and Technology issues was actually called Science, Space, and Technology during most of the life cycle of these files. Prior to Price's first term, the committee had been called simply "Science and Technology" and appears often to have been referred to in that way. The abbreviations "SandT" and "SSandT" are seen throughout the files. Files are unarranged.

Relates only tangentially to small business. A large portion of the files are devoted to participant biographies and other organizational information for a health care forum moderated by David Price. Other topics include the company Northern Telecom and a congressional field hearing on crime.